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What's the point of terminal file managers (mc, ranger, nnn, etc)? (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Who are these for? People who use the terminal but don't like running shell commands?

OK sorry for throwing shade. If you use one of these, honestly, what features do you use that make it worthwhile?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Is it common than whenever somebody brings up "emacs" its a wall of text? Please don't take seriously.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes, Emacs users are very thorough so expect lots of detail.

[–] donio 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It has paragraphs and an unordered list so it's technically not a wall of text :)
There is truth in it though, it's fun to ramble on about all the cool stuff that we get to do with Emacs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But why would anybody read that in a topic about terminal file managers.

[–] donio 1 points 1 year ago

The comment was talking about dired which is a file manager that runs inside Emacs and Emacs can be used in terminal mode.